Friendship needs no words it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

All I required to be happy was friendship and people I could admire

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend

I know, firsthand, that soccer brings people together - all it takes is a ball and a few people, and the seeds of friendship are planted.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue.

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.